The letter feels legit to me. The most liberal-zeitgeisty part is that the writer feels s/he must demonstrate that s/he's "not like those other white people"; s/he grew up around PoCs in Harlem; thus she feels bad about herself from a place that's morally superior to yours.
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I see this particular move a lot. "We should all be ashamed, but my shame is more legitimate than your shame." Feels like something too intricate for a troll to bother to fake. And in re just the white-bad-consciousness aspect...there are a lot of people who think this way.
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It's always hilarious to see "professional journalists"get absolutely punked by trolls. Sam Hyde and Negativland come to mind. Seriously though, this one deserves a prize. "Whitey"? And they fell for it! ZOMG, my sides are hurting from the lulz...
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Wow, Negativland! Good call!
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Note nobody, incl Whitey, talks about giving up their career privilages, from the spot at a good college to a NYT advice column gig, to give a PoC a leg up...
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>tfw you flog yourself to finish a NYT piece only to wish you waited for the Sailer fisking
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How are we sure this is a troll? Asking for a friend...
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They were hoping Sarah Jeong would be able to detect and avoid this trolling moving forward...
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The cure to white guilt is to become Patriot.
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Like Godfrey Elfwick or Titania McGrath, the best trolls are hard to distinguish from the genuine article.pic.twitter.com/GuwTBTYD18
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Seriously it was a troll? No way
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Don't call me guilty, whitey. Get some new ideas, editors.
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